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Definitions for itself
ɪtˈsɛlfit·self

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Wiktionary

  1. itselfpronoun

    it;

    The door itself is quite heavy.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Itselfpronoun.

    The neutral reciprocal pronoun applied to things.

    Etymology: it and self.

    Who then shall blame
    His pester'd senses to recoil and start,
    When all that is within him does condemn
    Itself for being there? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not the kingdom rich or poor. John Locke.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Itself

    the neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Itself

    it-self′, pron. the neuter reciprocal pronoun, applied to things.—By itself, alone, apart; In and by itself, separately considered.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'itself' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #362

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'itself' in Written Corpus Frequency: #785

Anagrams for itself »

  1. filets

  2. fliest

  3. stifle

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of itself in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of itself in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of itself in a Sentence

  1. Pamela Robey:

    My fellows, Songtao Shi and Stan Gronthos, did the work in my lab, songtao Shi is a dentist, and basically Songtao Shi observed that, when you get a cavity, you get what's called' reparative dentin.' In other words, the tooth is trying to protect itself from that cavity, so it makes a little bit of dentin to kind of plug the hole, so to speak.

  2. Laura Makaroff:

    For people who have a weakened immune system, either from cancer itself or treatment, you may be not fully protected even if you are fully vaccinated. It is important to talk with your health care provider about which precautions you still need to take.

  3. Stefano Domenicali:

    Twenty three races is a very important number of races, no doubt, i would say that this equation will solve itself by the fact that if we’re able to deliver an incredible product, we may go to a situation where maybe we can go back to a fewer number of races.

  4. Danny Abrahms:

    Traditional film is a great storytelling tool, however by immersing viewers in the annex itself and allowing them to witness history in real time firsthand, we believe VR is able to create new levels of appreciation and empathy.

  5. Thiruman Archunan:

    Everything is as real as nothing, whatever way the nothing itself is defined.

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